Nadia has raised her son by herself on the outskirts of Paris. She is proud when he wins a place at the prestigious Henri IV high school. To help him with his studies she moves to Paris, getting into debt in order to offer him what his classmates have.

Nadia has raised her son by herself on the outskirts of Paris. She is proud when he wins a place at the prestigious Henri IV high school. To help him with his studies she moves to Paris, getting into debt in order to offer him what his classmates have. In the big city she discovers the pleasure of shopping, unknowingly developing an addiction to it. As her son adapts to his new school, she can't stop spending.